Skeptical British Columbians say they aren’t fools when it comes to 9/11, UFO’s and Princess Diana’s death.

Amazingly, 1 in 5 people say they believe in several famous and outrageous conspiracy theories, according to an Insights West poll of 867 B.C. citizens.

“I nearly fell off my chair when we looked at the first numbers coming in from our poll on the number of British Columbians who believe in some pretty outrageous conspiracy theories that are out there,” said Insights West president Steve Mossop in a news release.

“It’s amazing the level of skepticism that exists around certain things that most would regard as scientific truths or historical events,” he added

What are B.C. citizens most skeptical about? Aliens.

More than half of those polled reported that they believe alien lifeforms are buzzing about in UFOs, while 10 per cent said they believe the lunar landings were an elaborate hoax by NASA.

There were certainly believers when it came to scientific breakthroughs. A third said they believe scientists have already cured cancer but the government and greedy pharmaceutical companies are withholding it. While another 29 per cent believe that humans have already been cloned and four per cent deny that dinosaurs existed.

Assassination theories are also popular among British Columbians, with 34 per cent believing that the Mafia, Israelis, the KGB or the Illuminati were involved in President John F. Kennedy’s death.

Another 29 per cent believed Princess Diana’s death in a car crash in 1999 was actually a hired hit.

One in four people also said they believe that 9/11 was an inside job. Similarly, 10 per cent said they think Osama Bin Laden is still alive. Elvis? Not so much — only five per cent think the King is still out there.

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